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1986

Soul Man

Directed by Steve Miner
He didn't give up, he got down.

A white prospective grad student's affluent family won't pay his way through law school, so he takes tanning pills to darken his skin in order to qualify for an African-American scholarship at Harvard. He soon gets more than he bargained for, as he begins to learn what life is really like for blacks in America.

Duration

1h 44m

Released

October 24, 1986

Revenue

$35,000,000

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5.3

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Cast34

  • C. Thomas Howell
  • Rae Dawn Chong
  • Arye Gross
  • James Earl Jones
  • Melora Hardin
  • Leslie Nielsen
  • Ann Walker
  • James B. Sikking
  • Max Wright

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